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The imagination should be used, not to escape reality, but to create it.

The imagination is the power of the mind over the possibilities of things.

The imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will.

Power of the imagination is the ultimate creative power. It is one of the keys to living life on a new level.

“The imagination is the ability to form a mental image of something that is not perceived through the five senses. It is the ability of the mind to build mental scenes, objects or events that do not exist, are not present, or have happened in the past.”

We all have power of the imagination in a certain degree and we must use it constructively. It is through the imagination that we experience a whole world inside our mind. It is the imagination that gives us the capacity to look at any situation from a different perspective, and to mentally evaluate the past and the future.

We will never go to any place without first seeing it within our mind. By imagining ourselves living life on our terms where we currently reside, will motivate us to take action in order to move in the direction of our dreams.

When we use power of the imagination in constructive way, we produce confidence. But when we use it, destructively, by fretting about our past failures, we create discontentment. The real key is utilizing the feeling of our past success in our present undertakings. We must see our life in focus; within us, behind us and in front of us. Within us we must overcome our faults and habitually rise to our creative powers. Behind us are our blunders which we should refuse to brood about, and our successes that we should reactivate. In front of us is today, potentially a glorious day, which our imagination must shape before we test it in reality.

To turning the imagination into reality is acting as if the imagined scene were real and already accomplished. Instead of pretending it is a scene from the future, imagine it as though you are truly experiencing it in the present. It is a real event in the now. If we imagine something eloquently for long enough, what we imagine will become our reality.

What is reality? Reality is what we perceive to be real. Yet we know from everyday experience that two individuals can look at the same scenery or situation and have largely different perceptions of the reality of that situation. Power of the imagination can profoundly affect our perception. Our perception becomes our reality. So then the question is, how can we harness our imagination to create the reality that we want? The answer lies in understanding how to use the tool of the imagination, and how to choose the correct approach. Let’s look at these more closely.

The imagination runs on six channels of perception. Seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting, and the internal sense that I define it as “feeling”. The more vividly we use each channel and the more channels we use in our imagination, the greater will be the impact of our imagination on our reality. We add vividness to the imagination by visualizing sharp detail, bright colours, distinct sounds, sensitive touch, distinctive odours, exact taste, and deep feeling. We usually tend to favour the use of one or two channels as our preferred way of perceiving our environment. But despite of what our preferred channel is, we can always increase the impact of our imagination by using as many channels as possible when we imagine an outcome that we want.

In order to choose the correct approach by using power of the imagination to reach any goal, we have to cease negativity. If we acquire the attitude of “I can’t” to achieve what we want, then we will destroy the power of our imagination. Instead create positive attitude by showing excitement and eagerness. Imagine regularly, as many times a day as possible, and do everything possible to match the desired outcome that you will imagine. For example, if you have to give a speech, do your homework to get the speech researched, written, practiced and ready. Simply imagining success without putting in the required work is a fool’s dream unless you already have a very high level of skill in the endeavour.

The imagination has an essential part in the achievement of success in any area, and if we don’t realize it’s importance, then our life may not be as happy and successful as we have wanted it to be. To live a creative day we must learn to let our imagination to function for us.